From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 12 07:11:06 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA10726 for current-outgoing; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 07:11:06 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA10720 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 07:10:58 -0800 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA06293; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 17:08:07 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA02276; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 17:08:06 +0200 Message-Id: <199511121508.RAA02276@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: davidg@Root.COM cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-personality crypt(3)!! Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 17:08:05 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Hmmm... what if my DES password legitimately starts with "$1$"? Wouldn't it > be better to just try the DES password and if that fails (doesn't match), > then try using MD5? Naah. once your password is DES-crypted it is a 13-char string from the set [./A-Za-z0-9]. This $1$ `marker' is a useful way of determining that the password was crypted with PHK's MD5 routine. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key